Originally Posted By: whack-n-stack
Originally Posted By: BamaFan64
Originally Posted By: IDOT
What a thread........ rolleyes

A man or a woman has every right to love whomever they want and NOBODY has the right to refuse them that due to their religious beliefs here in the USA. Your religion is just that YOURS and it shouldn't be forced on others just as you wouldn't want gays to force their ideals on you.


I don't have gay friends, don't like their lifestyle and I don't want my family around them. However, YOUR religious views shouldn't effect how THEY want to live.


Fair enough. They don't want my religious views forced on them, but they have no problem forcing their views on people who don't agree. If they are only interested in equality, why have they sued businesses around the country for not supporting a gay or lesbian wedding when they could have simply gone to another business right around the block?


How many have been won in court?

Two that I know of. They won against a bakery in Colorado. That bakery now won't do wedding cakes as a result. They also won a case in Oregon against another bakery, as well. The bakery in Oregon could face up to $150k, but the damages haven't been awarded yet. Oddly enough, the bakery in Oregon does business with gays and lesbians, but they didn't support gay marriage and refused to bake a wedding cake.
The bakery in Colorado is located in Denver. The one in Oregon is in Gresham. Both of those cities are big enough to have many bakeries and these two couples could have easily found another that would have baked a cake for them. Instead, take it to court, and they were probably encouraged and backed by some pro gay organization.